EMM purchases new mobile clinics for communities
The Ekurhuleni metro has announced that the service vehicles to be revealed, on August 7, include the purchase of two mobile clinics, which will render services to communities that have no permanent medical structures.
Ahead of the launch, which is expected to reveal 270 new service vehicles, the Advertiser was invited to accompany one of the city’s mobile clinics as it rendered services to members of the Holomisa community on August 2.
According to metro media liason, Lebogang Ramashala, the aim of the day was to demonstrate the important role that the vehicles play in the provision of primary health care services.
Although, the full package Primary Health Care Package of services is not rendered from the unit due to limited space and lack of privacy, basic health services are provided to the community.
Some of the basic heath services provided include:
* Child Health Care Services including developmental assessment and growth monitoring;
* Expanded programme on immunisation (EPI);
* Intergrated management of childhood illnesses (IMCI);
* Provision of nutritional supplements;
* Reproductive health and family planning services;
* Information, education and awareness;
* Curative care and management of acute illnesses;
* Chronic diseases management excluding the tests for which patients are referred to the nearest health facility.
Facility manager, Esther Mamogobo, explains that the new mobile units will improve on the services the health department renders to the community.
“The purpose of the mobile clinics is to shorten the distance that people have to travel to reach healthcare services, and as well as decrease the high number of people which visit the clinic,” says Mamogobo.
The new twin-cab mobile clinics will be equipped with airconditioner in both consultation rooms, a backup generator, a chemical toilet facility and awning, which can be used for all types of weather.
